The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a Mormon church in Des Moines, IA 50316. It is one of 356 churches in Des Moines, and one of 2 Mormon congregations in the city.
Des Moines, IA, 50316The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is part of the Latter Day Saint movement family of churches in The American Church Story. 88 congregations of the Latter Day Saint movement family gather across Iowa — 4,546 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the other bodies descending from Joseph Smith's 1830 restoration teach that the New Testament church was restored through a modern prophet, and they read the Book of Mormon alongside the Bible. Latter-day Saints describe themselves as Christians; most trinitarian churches do not recognize their baptism. This map records that disagreement rather than settling it, and lists these congregations because they are part of the religious life of every place they are in.
Find The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.0%
- Food Insecurity: 30.8%
- Obesity: 44.3%
- Social Isolation: 38.0%
- Poverty Rate: 23.0% (12.8–33.1%)
- Housing Insecurity: 21.9%
- Diabetes: 16.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.0%
- Child Poverty: 23.6% (9.3–37.9%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.9% (6.4–19.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Des Moines city is served by 226 churches — about one congregation for every 950 residents.
Churches near The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Community of Christ — 0 mi away
- Union Park United Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Korean United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Grace Brethern Church — 0.5 mi away
- Jehovah's Witnesses Union Park Congregation — 0.5 mi away
- Our Lady of The Americas — 0.5 mi away
- Visitation Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Union Park Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Union Park Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Life Chapel Des Moine — 0.6 mi away
More Latter Day Saint churches nearby
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 4.3 mi away